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Newbie Plumeria owner question
I just bought this rooted NOID Plumeria cutting that I repotted into another pot of my own. After a month, it seems to be growing new leaves and a possible flower? I have never grown these before and I don't know what to expect. I thought the flowers coming in on a large "inflow" and not a single bud, like mine seems to be doing. Any body know what this is?http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...e1b63cb1e2.jpghttp://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...9fd528ca44.jpg
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I don't think it's a Plumeria. I think it's a Euphorbia. Did somebody sell it to you as a Plumeria? At what kind of place did you buy it?
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Try taking a picture from further out
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Jkofferdahl, I never knew there were plumerias with a bad fragrance, Ahh! I hope I never accidentally buy one 😬 Estacion seca, I bought it at a little garden shop called Summerland Gardens. They have a HUGE pink Plumeria that they take cuttings from and sell them every year, I was lucky to get one before they sold out. I wish I took a picture because this thing is huge. I will admit, this is a weird looking Plumeria but it was the biggest and healthiest cutting available :( SFLguy here are some pics from a farther distance. http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...cb8fdfe293.jpghttp://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...159d3ad3d8.jpghttp://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...f05c93d467.jpg
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Nice pictures. Interesting species. :hmm
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I have several plumerias, they take full sun when growing, lots of water and food. Then there's winter as soon as plant goes dormant, let plant go very dry, no food untill new growth starts in spring. In Colorado you will have to keep indoors most of the year, they like warmth and hate cold. I have several here in Los Angeles that are over 20' tall in the ground.
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I am 100% certain it's a Euphorbia, one from Madagascar. Very possible E. leuconeura. A much rarer plant than a Plumeria.
The garden center may have a large pink Plumeria, but if so, this is not a cutting from that plant. |
Looks like Plumeria to me though i could definitely be mistaken, definitely not E. leuconeura though, the shape isn't right for the stem and the flower bud isn't right either
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But then again the flower placement is strange for Plumeria, maybe it's because it's a recent cutting?
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Mandy2705's plant is a Euphorbia. The 5-petal symmetry of any dogbane (Apocynaceae) is obvious from the tiniest bud visible. Plumerias have stout, upright inflorescences with multiple buds held in a flat, compound corymb facing the sky. Madagascar Euphorbias like this (ankarensis, leuconeura, viguierii) have cyathia enveloped by 2 bracts and one to few cyathia on a peduncle dangling down - like this one.
This Euphorbia also looks as though the upper leaf surface might be minutely furry. That is not seen on a Plumeria. That would be a diagnostic criterion, but I'm not familiar enough with all the Euphorbias like this to get a closer ID. This is all important because such Euphorbias are even less tolerant of low temperatures, and being cool and wet, than are Plumerias. In a cold-winter climate like Colorado Springs, this plant will require warmer winter temperatures than a Plumeria. Maybe now that I'm keeping my sunroom at 60 F / 16C in the winter I can grow this kind of Euphorbia. They died at 40 F / 5C. And it is less sun-tolerant than a Plumeria. I can grow Plumerias outside in full sun in Phoenix. These Euphorbias would be burned. They grow fine in bright shade. |
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Whoa I'm glad you told me this...this guy would have gone in direct sun come next spring 😬 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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Looks like a plumeria to me, but yes the flower placement is super off... hopefully when it blooms you can post a pic?
meanwhile, look at that paph on the back counter! what a cutie! |
Whatever it is, it is a very nice plant!
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Thank you, I just purchased that paph, it's paph. Nike's Delight '#3' x paph. glaucophyllum 'First', the bloom just fell off yesterday So I took more pictures today and I am leaning towards euphorbia...man I was hoping it was just a weird Plumeria. My boyfriend really really likes this plant so I may let him take it to work. I will wait till it blooms some more before I let him take it. The bloom has not fully opened but it looks like it has stigma and anther structure inside. I know Plumeria flowers don't have these so visible, like they seem to be here. http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...cd829e261a.jpghttp://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...ad81678d01.jpghttp://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...f2ec33b627.jpghttp://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...a4bbc22670.jpg And now it seems there are more flowers coming through http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...efeb0474c9.jpg Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
Looking at the flower bud now, it seems like it isn't the Plumeria normally sold, however i think there are 4 species (?) In cultivation with only one or maybe two being common
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Woops didn't see that last post, definitely not Plumeria then
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yeah, looks like a euphorbia flower forming... also that's the location- around the terminal growth, where flowers form... not sure what species it could be though...
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